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Hello folks. I am looking for a tire brush that has very short bristles, yet can still contour around the tire. What I found is that with a typical brush of 1" or longer bristles, the fibers just bend over when scrubbing the tire, and thus tend to miss spots around the very small raised...

Hello folks, I got a bottle of this after reading many comments about how well it works on cars that already have a ceramic coating. I diluted it approx 1:15 in a spray bottle, and used it as a quick detailer after my car was already washed and dry. First thing I noticed was this doesn`t dry...

Hello folks, Back in April when I got a new car, I put on Dr Beasley`s plasma coat. The initial impressions were: Looks: Fine, I guess. It`s a new car anyway, so hard to tell any difference from stock. Beading: Moderate, but not as much as a carnauba wax. Diminishes a lot when splashed with...

Hello folks About two weeks ago, I tried the Tufshine tire treatment: Clean 3x with the Tire cleaner until foam is white. (This stuff works well, making brown bubbles upon first contact with the tire. But is there a cheaper alternative?) Then apply one layer of the Tufshine clearcoat. I had a...

I have clear-coated aluminum wheels which get a lot of brake dust on them. When I spray them with the pressure washer, I can get most of the brake dust off, but there is always still a thin, weakly-bonded layer of brake dust remaining. (meaning that I can easily wipe it off with my finger...

Have new tires. After a few hundred miles, sidewalls look kinda brown. Apply Duragloss, looks like a very nice matte black. Stays that way for an entire week. The next car wash, the tires are looking a little brown again. (I had to foam and scrub and pressure wash the rims to get the brake dust...

Hello folks, I`m deciding whether I should get a protective film applied to my headlights to prevent accumulation of rock chips and other hits. The other option is that I just leave them alone, and if it gets too bad, to polish them. However, I am worried that I would take off the UV...

Summer is approaching, so the main things that will get on my car are dust / dirt / pollen / bug splatters. I have a wash system that works well right now. The car is coated with a layer of Dr Beasley`s Plasma Coat. I rinse the car with a pressure washer to get most of the dirt off, then foam...

Looking for a paint cleaner. Main goal is to remove old wax and other surface contamination thru chemical means, as a prep step to apply new sealant / ceramic coating. Must not leave glaze, oils, fillers, etc behind. I prefer not abrasive, but if it is a tiny bit abrasive, I guess that is ok...

Hello folks, About 2 weeks ago, I got a new car. Last Saturday, I washed the car and went over it twice with Gyeon Prep to clean off the surface. I assumed that a new car won`t come with any wax, maybe only quick detailer spray, so that`s why I used the Gyeon Prep. I also tried some...

I have a hatchback trunk where the W (Volkswagen) logo flips up so you can use it as a handle to open the trunk. But once the trunk is all the way up, you pretty much have to grab the edge of the trunk lid to close it again. So therefore I get fingerprints and scratches there from all the...

Hello folks, Got a new car recently and started reading about these new fangled "ceramic coatings" that are supposed to help prevent small scratches and make the car very easy to wash, as compared to the usual wax or polymer sealant coatings from a decade ago. I saw a long thread by...

Hello people. Long time no see. I was thinking of getting some new wheels, but the ones I wanted didn't come in the color I want. So I thought I might just sand and polish them up to a bare aluminum shine, and then put some clearcoat over them. Is it possible to get wheel paint in a spray...

Anybody can point me to a link or let me know what are all the steps in a proper repaint? By proper, I mean restore something so that it looks factory and lasts a while. I don't mean a MAACO paintjob, nor a Concours paintjob. The reason I ask is that my corvette buddy got his rear quarter...

Haven't washed my car for over a month, so it has some pretty bad waterspots. They are etched thru 4 layers of UPP and into the paint. So I will probably have to polish my hood again. I didn't have this problem when I washed every 1 or 2 weeks. Just a heads up...